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Fans are campaigning for Hayley Atwell to be the new Lara Croft in the new ‘Tomb Raider’ series on Amazon Prime. She is already the voice of the animated Lara Croft
made clear that the British actress is more than capable of bringing characters to life using just her voice alone. While Atwell’s set to pop up at least one more time before What If’s first season is over, she’ll be lending her vocal talents to yet another animated project sooner than later.
Though many know her from her live-action roles, Hayley Atwell’s recent appearance in Marvel’sWhat If…? made clear that the British actress is more than capable of bringing characters to life using just her voice alone. While Atwell’s set to pop up at least one more time before What If’s first season is over, she’ll be lending her vocal talents to yet another animated project sooner than later.
Today Netflix announced that Mission Impossible’s Atwell has signed on to voice Lara Croft in a new Tomb Raider anime series produced in partnership with Legendary Television. The new show, which is currently untitled, is set within the same continuity as Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ recent trilogy of rebooted Tomb Raider games and picks up some time after the events of Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Blood Origin, Red Sonja), is attached to write and executive produce, Dmitri M. Johnson (Sonic the Hedgehog, Life is Strange), Howard Bliss, Stephan Bugaj, and Jacob Robinson are also slated to executive produce. No word yet on other cast members.
When last we saw this incarnation of Croft, she’d journeyed to Mexico in search of a way to prevent an oncoming apocalypse set off by people getting their hands on two ancient relics. By the end of Shadow of the Tomb Raider,